Russian Assassinations a Growing Worry as War Nears Second Year: Sources

One U.S. intelligence source familiar with Russia's spy capabilities—who was not authorized to speak to the media—said the "reach" of their operations is vast and global. The source also noted that Russian-aligned entities with the capacity to undertake lethal operations are thought to be present on U.S. soil. The same source did temper those fears, saying a stateside Kremlin-sanctioned hit on a dissident or an American would be an escalatory and bold move. According to them, while Russia's foreign intelligence arm (the SVR) likely doesn't "have the bandwidth right now" for planning an "elaborate and complicated covert action" in the U.S. (something VICE News also heard from an expert on Russian intelligence), past plots in the U.K. and Germany shows they do have the appetite for operations in Europe writ-large…

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